Students & Alumnae/i

Jean Colaneri, R.N., M.S., CNN has been selected by the American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) as the recipient of the Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC) Career Mobility Scholarship in the amount of $2,000. The scholarship award will be announced at ANNA's 50th National Symposium, April 18-21, 2005 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

Kathleen Wilson, R.N., and student in the M.S. degree program in nursing, has been named a NYSNA Leadership Fellow and co-recipient of the First Martha E. Orr Legislative Internship in Washington, D.C.. She has been actively involved in her district and attended the 2003 Annual Convention. Kathy has been a leader in past positions and will develop more expertise in policy making in nursing.

Sage Graduate Alum Nursing Students: Martha Desmond, Ann Piscopo, Josefina Roldan, and Christina Yerdon have been selected for a research poster presentation at the AACN National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition (NTI) in Orlando, Florida, May 15-20, 2004. Their research abstract is titled, "Critical Care Nurses' Assessment of Pain and Discomfort in Adult Ventilated Patients Receiving Continuous Intravenous Sedati."